https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/01/13/48252460/racist-dehumanizing-chat-images-show-portland-power-players-disparaging-councilors-of-color

A group chat that Owendoff messages includes a contact with the initials “EA.” When reached by phone January 12, Portland Police Bureau officer and City Council District 4 candidate Eli Arnold told the Mercury, “I feel like I may have seen something like that, okay, but they—some people are very prolific texters.” Arnold is not shown responding to the texts.

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clearly it isn't good, but I wonder exactly what this actually means in practice:

>I partnered with businesses, residents, and government organizations to use surveillance to overcome new legal obstacles and provide rapid responses resulting in more than a 100 dealer arrests.

https://mstdn.social/@OregonLive/113149994981180923

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